A business could use its product or service for branding. A business is known by the products it offers and it is the products that make businesses brands. There are many ways for promoting products. For instance you can publish print advertisements, visual ads and also the products could be promoted on the web. To show the product to the consumers, you need to take its pictures but the pictures should depict everything about the product. Such pictures could be taken with the help of a high-end digital camera but the cameraman is more important than the device.

Photography is all about capturing the look and feel of a person with an emphasis on the face, eyes and expression. Business portrait photography takes it to the next level. Commercial portrait photography is not only for corporate portraits or professional models; it can encompass any kind of business photo shoot. Your photos may not have to be technically perfect must have precise lighting and camera angles to bring the correct facial features and provide depth. The balance between a flat looking photo and one with depth and character is not easy to get and many photographers never master the process. This is where art and design is more import than technical knowledge.

Executive portrait photography is a convenient way to record milestones in your company, document corporate executives for use on web sites and in print. Photography is important in recording events as it has the ability to generate memories associated with nostalgia and affection. Professional photographers who want the very best quality and the ability to manipulate the image later shoot RAW files. The reason RAW files are superior is the file contains 100% of the information the camera can gather. Later it can be changed and fine-tuned during post processing to get perfect skin tones, contrast and depth. It does not make sense not to use all the camera has to offer. The JPG files are compressed which means the camera removes the information it feels is not important to the photo.
For executive business portraits, the executives are generally seated against solid color backgrounds and lit with light from a soft box or even a window. A second light source can also be used to increase or reduce shadows. This source could be a reflector, a sun blocker or a second light. If the background is dark, a background or hair light may be required to highlight the hair and pull the subject away from blending with the background. The same concept is used when photographing a business portrait, with an office or boardroom as the background. Use smooth, soft light with just the right amount of shadow for detail in both the subject and background. For samples of this check out the photography studio Southwest Portraits. They have a lot of great samples of this.
Another factor to consider about professional portraits is the cost. Many photographers charge for the photography and also for each print. They usually add a creative fee to the print that can make them quite costly. The reason some prefer to do all the prints is not only to earn extra profit but to control the quality/ Many consumer printers do not take care of their equipment and the end product may look nothing like it should. It is usually worth the extra cost to use higher price professional print house.

Another point to consider and maybe the most important is use rights of the images. Many photographers fees cover only limited use of the photos. They may allow web use but not print use for the price charged. Others limit the time and require additional fees to be paid every year. I suggest asking for unlimited use rights and rights to print the images you pay for.

Conclusion

It is interesting to see a commercial photographer working. The professional would first understand the business, purpose for which pictures are needed, audiences the business wants to target with the help of images and the need of the business. Finally he would look for an angle, lighting and setting required to make the pictures look real. He might need taking pictures in daylight, twilight and under artificial light in night. He might need riding an aircraft for taking aerial shots or stand with the blue collar workers for shooting heavy machines.

We will use Photoshop and other adobe products to make your old portraits new again. It does not matter if your print is from the 1800’s or went thru the was last week let us take a look at it and let us see what we can do.